Never Take Friendship Personal

Never Take Friendship Personal
Studio album by Anberlin
Released	February 1, 2005
Recorded	The Compound, Seattle, Washington (2005)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	39:21
Label	Tooth & Nail
Producer	Aaron Sprinkle
Anberlin chronology
Blueprints for the Black Market (2003) Never Take Friendship Personal (2005) Godspeed EP (2006)
Singles from Never Take Friendship Personal
"A Day Late" Released: 2005 "Paperthin Hymn" Released: 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(88%)[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[3]

Never Take Friendship Personal is the second album released by the alternative rock band Anberlin. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. Its singles were "A Day Late" and "Paperthin Hymn" and music videos have been made of each. "(The Symphony of) Blasé" is sometimes referred to as "Amsterdam". The album's name is inspired by when the band chose to remove guitarist Joey Bruce.

The song "Dance, Dance Christa Päffgen" was inspired by multi-talented artist Nico, whose given name was Christa Päffgen. The song references her struggle with drugs and unrelated death.

Tracklist

All songs by Anberlin (Stephen Christian and Joseph Milligan).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Take Friendship Personal"	3:31
2.	"Paperthin Hymn"	3:15
3.	"Stationary Stationery"	2:58
4.	"(The Symphony of) Blasé"	4:21
5.	"A Day Late"	3:25
6.	"The Runaways"	3:20
7.	"Time & Confusion"	3:23
8.	"The Feel Good Drag"	3:25
9.	"Audrey, Start the Revolution!"	3:22
10.	"A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius"	1:12
11.	"Dance, Dance Christa Päffgen"	7:06
12.	"New Fast Automatic (B-Side)"	3:28

Personnel

• Stephen Christian – vocals, guitar
• Deon Rexroat – bass
• Joseph Milligan – lead guitar
• Nathan Strayer – guitar
• Nathan Young – drums
• Aaron Sprinkle – production, engineering
• JR McNeely – mixing
• Troy Glessner – mastering
• Brandon Ebel – executive producer
• Phil Sneed – additional vocals ("The Runaways")
• Seth Roberts – additional vocals ("Stationary Stationery")
• Mike Weiss – additional guitars ("Dance, Dance, Christa Päffgen")
• Ryan Clark – additional vocals ("Never Take Friendship Personal")
• Jeff Gros – photography
• John Deeb – band photography

References

1. ^ "Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personel - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97353. 
2. ^ "Never Take Friendship Personel - Anberlin". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r727046. 
3. ^ http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/NeverTakeFriendshipPersonal.asp^{[dead link]}

External links

• Album website
• Never Take Friendship Personal at MusicBrainz